The GRE@ Program will introduce a revised GRE General Test in the fall of 2007 that is designed to:

　　· Increase test validity

　　增加考试的可靠性

　　· Provide faculty with better information regarding applicants' performance

　　为大学提供考生更准确的能力信息

　　· Address security concerns

　　安全考虑

　　· Increase worldwide access to the test

　　增加世界各地考试范围

　　· Make better use of advances in technology and psychometric design

　　更好的在考试中利用先进技术和心理测量学设计

　　Changes planned include the following:

　　具体变化如下：

　　Verbal Reasoning

　　语文：

　　· Greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and less dependence on vocabulary

　　更注重认知能力，减少对词汇量的依赖

　　· More text-based materials, such as reading passages

　　更多的文本材料，比如增加阅读文章

　　· A broader selection of reading passages

　　阅读文章选材更加广泛

　　· Emphasis on skills related to graduate work, such as complex reasoning

　　注重与科研工作相关的能力考查，如复合推理

　　· Expansion of computer-enabled tasks (e.g., clicking on a sentence in a passage to highlight it)

　　扩大计算机在考试中的应用（例如，考生可以点击文章中的句子，让其更突出）

　　· Two 40-minute sections rather than one 30-minute section

　　2个40分钟的部分取代以前一个30分钟的部分

　　Quantitative Reasoning

　　数学

　　· Quantitative reasoning skills that are closer to skills generally used in graduate school

　　所考查的能力更接近在学校广泛应用的能力

　　· Proportion of questions involving real-life scenarios and data interpretation increased

　　增加与现实生活场景或数据阐释问题的比重

　　· Proportion of Geometry questions decreased

　　几何题比例下降

　　· Better use of technology (e.g., on-screen calculator)

　　更好的利用科技（如桌面计算器）

　　· Two 40-minute sections rather than one 45-minute section

　　2个45分钟的部分取代以前一个45分钟的部分

　　Analytical Writing

　　分析写作

　　· New, more focused prompts that reduce the possibility of reliance on memorized materials

　　新的热点题目减少考生对背诵材料的依赖

　　· The Issue and Argument tasks are each 30 minutes in length

　　Issue和Argument分别为30分钟

　　· Essay responses will be made available to designated score recipients

　　写作的点评可以发给特定的分数接受者

　　Changes in the Verbal and Quantitative Score Scales

　　语文和数学记变化

　　· The GRE Board has approved new score scales for the Verbal and Quantitative sections. The GRE Program anticipates that the new score scale range will be 110 to 150, in 1-point increments. Final specification of the score scale will be determined based on data from the initial revised General Test administrations in the fall of 2007.

　　新的记分范围预计在110-150之间，以1分为单位增加。最终的记分方式将在根据2007年秋首次新GRE考试相关数据确定。

　　· A concordance table will be available in early January 2008 to assist score users in determining the relationship between old and new Verbal and Quantitative scores.

　　新旧成绩换算表将在2008年1月初发布。

　　· The score scale for the Analytical Writing section will continue to be 0 to 6, in half-point increments.

　　写作记分为0-6分，以0.5分为单位增加

　　Changes in Test Delivery

　　考试组织变化

　　· The GRE General Test will be administered on fixed administration dates.

　　The GRE General Test将在指定的时间开考

　　· An expanded Internet-based testing network will be available worldwide.

　　全球实行网络化考试